Category:GO:0006776 ! vitamin A metabolic process

id: GO:0006776

name: vitamin A metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways involving any of the vitamin A compounds, retinol, retinal (retinaldehyde) and retinoic acid, all of which are derivatives of beta-carotene." [GOC:jl, http://www.dentistry.leeds.ac.uk/biochem/thcme/vitamins.html#k]
synonym: "vitamin A metabolism" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0001523 ! retinoid metabolic process
is_a: GO:0006775 ! fat-soluble vitamin metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0006776</GOterm>
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